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Learn what’s involved in starting a medical device company, raising funds and strategies to create value from a panel of entrepreneurs and a VC. Veteran serial entrepreneur Rich Lotti, President and CEO, PQ Bypass has started many companies and just raised a funding round. Victor McCray MD, Cofounder and CEO of Ocular Dynamics, did his residency at UCSF, was a Stanford Biodesign Fellow and is a practicing surgeon. Venture capitalist Jay Watkins, Managing Director at De Novo Ventures, cofounded a medical technology startup that was purchased by Eli Lilly and has been investing in device companies for the past decade. These experienced players and a new entrepreneur will inform you about what it takes to get a medical device company off the ground.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (PDT)

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Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF

The Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF provides the knowledge, support and connections needed by scientists and clinicians to become entrepreneurs. The Center seeks to create an innovation community and commercialize UCSF inventions through startup ventures.